What many hecklers, these days, fail to understand, is that the best hecklers are comedians. That's why they're up on the ...

While out shopping at Top-Buys, the Trotters are taken to the supermarket manager's office believing that they have won a prize. Instead, they are held hostage when an armed robbery goes wrong. Del, ...

Martin's first patients are Pauline's Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Jennie. They are trying for a baby but cannot conceive. Uncle Jimmy gets inexplicably angry with Martin. Martin sends them to Truro so Edith, ...

Blanco's parole hearing is imminent and it looks like he will be successful, but he's not happy. Convicted of killing his wife, he's always denied he committed the crime. Why should he accept the ...

Every great sitcom character has flaws. Indeed, it's these flaws that make them great. Basil Fawlty's snobbery, David Brent's desperate need to be liked, Del Boy's delusions of grandeur - these aren't ...

Battle In The Box, the U&Dave comedy show format fronted by Jimmy Carr, does not look set to return for a second series. The show, which launched in July, paired together comedians to "battle it out ...

Improv group The Comedy Store Players picked up the Legend of Comedy trophy at Leicester Comedy Festival's annual awards ceremony tonight. Charlotte Laidet, festivals and programme director at Big ...

One thing often remarked on in regard to the difference between British and American sitcoms is that, in the main, US comedies tend to be populated by successful people (the rent on that Friends ...

James Nesbitt is plotting a return to TV comedy with a new primetime BBC comedy drama, British Comedy Guide can exclusively reveal. "One of the funniest things, that is guaranteed to make me laugh ...

The final book in Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome trilogy will be published in October, written again by creator Matthew Holness. The book is available to pre-order now. Tickets for the tour go on sale on ...

The Eternal Shame of Sue Perkins will tour between January and March 2026 It is the comedy star's first full-length stand-up show in nearly 20 years The show sees the Just A Minute host share the ...

Fawlty Towers, Kenny Everett and Benny Hill are the subjects of new documentaries about controversies that have seen them "cancelled", British Comedy Guide can exclusively reveal. Also airing on 5, ...